How Did An Italian Become The Patron Saint Of Ireland?

2 years ago

What we hear of St Patrick comes from the Declaration, which was allegedly written by Patrick himself. It is believed that he was born in Roman Britain (the Roman Empire was occupying Britain at the time so he wasn't an Italian from Italy but from the Roman Empire, quite large at the time) in the fourth century, into a wealthy Romano-British family. His father was a deacon and his grandfather was a priest in the Christian church. According to the Declaration, at the age of sixteen, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken as a slave to Gaelic Ireland.

They say that he spent six years there working as a shepherd and that during this time he "found God". The Declaration says that God told Patrick to flee to the coast, where a ship would be waiting to take him home. After making his way home, Patrick went on to become a priest and went back to Ireland with forgiveness in his heart.

Marc Coppola

HOW DID WE GET THE NICKNAME "COPE" AND "THE COPE"

Early on I was always the youngest deejay at most stations I worked at. Needless to say they called me Junior or Joo-ney. One day I walked up to my boss, the program director, and said "you know, I really don't appreciate being called Joo-ney!"

The next day he came in and started calling me "Cope" (short, of course, for Coppola) and it stuck. The "The" was added as an alternate to honor "The Fonz" from Happy Days. I always thought he was a cool character. And when you're dressing for the Rock 'n Roll lifestyle you feel like "The Fonz." Also should give props to "The Belz" Richard Belzer the comedian/actor his "The" influenced me as well...so I opted to be the 3rd "The" in the series. But let's not forget the "The" in "The KGB" may have been before "The Fonz."